[GSoC 2026] Introduction — Utkal Singh, interested contributor

Hello everyone!

My name is Utkal Singh, and I’m a developer from India
with a background in C++ and Python. I came across Mogan
STEM while going through the GSoC 2026 organizations list,
and honestly, the idea of making academic writing feel as
natural as breathing really stuck with me.

I spent today getting familiar with the project:

  • Forked the repo and cloned it locally
  • Set up the upstream remote correctly
  • Started building with xmake on Windows
  • Went through the codebase, OSPP proposals, and even
    found the .claude/agents folder — really interesting
    to see how the team works!

I’ve read through the GSoC 2026 project ideas and I’m
excited to contribute. A couple of questions for the mentors:

  1. Which of the two project ideas would you recommend
    for someone just getting started with the codebase?
  2. Is there a good first issue you’d suggest to help
    me get comfortable with the code?

Happy to be here and looking forward to learning from
this community!

GitHub: https://github.com/Utkal059